diff --git a/.githooks/pre-commit b/.githooks/pre-commit
index 0415670..8a70271 100755
--- a/.githooks/pre-commit
+++ b/.githooks/pre-commit
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ NC='\033[0m' # No Colour
 
 FAILED=0
 
-# ---------- Frontend (prettier —write, then eslint) ----------
+# ---------- Frontend (prettier --write, then eslint) ----------
 FRONTEND_STAGED=$(git diff --cached --name-only -- 'frontend/' | head -1)
 if [ -n "$FRONTEND_STAGED" ]; then
 	printf "${YELLOW}Auto-formatting staged frontend files with prettier...${NC}\n"
@@ -31,15 +31,51 @@ if ! cd frontend && npx eslint . 2>&1; then
 fi
 cd ..
 
-# ---------- Backend (go vet) ----------
+# ---------- Backend checks (only if backend/ files changed) ----------
 BACKEND_FILES=$(git diff --cached --name-only -- 'backend/' | head -1)
 if [ -n "$BACKEND_FILES" ]; then
 	printf "${YELLOW}Checking go vet...${NC}\n"
-	if ! cd backend && go vet ./... 2>&1; then
+	if ! cd backend && go vet -tags "test,dev" ./... 2>&1; then
 		printf "${RED}✖ go vet failed${NC}\n"
 		FAILED=1
 	fi
 	cd ..
+
+	printf "${YELLOW}Checking staticcheck...${NC}\n"
+	if ! cd backend && staticcheck -tags "test,dev" ./... 2>&1; then
+		printf "${RED}✖ staticcheck failed${NC}\n"
+		FAILED=1
+	fi
+	cd ..
+
+	printf "${YELLOW}Checking gosec...${NC}\n"
+	if ! cd backend && gosec -severity medium -tags "test,dev" ./... 2>&1; then
+		printf "${RED}✖ gosec failed${NC}\n"
+		FAILED=1
+	fi
+	cd ..
+
+	printf "${YELLOW}Checking go mod tidy...${NC}\n"
+	cp backend/go.sum backend/go.sum.bak
+	cp backend/go.mod backend/go.mod.bak
+	cd backend && go mod tidy && cd ..
+	if ! diff -q backend/go.sum backend/go.sum.bak >/dev/null 2>&1 || ! diff -q backend/go.mod backend/go.mod.bak >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		printf "${RED}✖ go.mod or go.sum out of date — run 'go mod tidy' and stage the changes${NC}\n"
+		FAILED=1
+	fi
+	rm -f backend/go.sum.bak backend/go.mod.bak
+fi
+
+# ---------- Global checks ----------
+
+printf "${YELLOW}Checking secrets...${NC}\n"
+if command -v gitleaks >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	if ! gitleaks detect --source . --no-banner 2>&1; then
+		printf "${RED}✖ gitleaks detected secrets${NC}\n"
+		FAILED=1
+	fi
+else
+	printf "  (gitleaks not installed — skipping; CI will catch secrets)\n"
 fi
 
 # ---------- Result ----------